Sentences with phrase «changes in brain volume»

Scientists have also investigated changes in brain volume in initial versus sustained abstinence in one set of subjects.

«Measuring change in brain volume from MRI brain scans is a well - established technique.

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Recall that despite dramatic cultural and technological changes in the industrialized west, human infants are still born the most neurologically immature primate of all, with only 25 % of their brain volume.

Molecules in the blood might diffuse into the brain and affect neurotransmitter release, or changes in the volume, pressure or temperature of blood vessels may stress neuronal membranes to regulate transmission.

After just nine weeks of internet - delivered cognitive behavioral therapy, the brain of patients suffering from social anxiety disorder changes in volume.

The researchers also found increases in gray matter volume in regions that control leg movement and process sensory information from legs, which may reflect changes related to the brain learning how to move in microgravity.

Holdcroft believes that the changes in the brain are more likely to be the result of changes in the volume of individual cells, rather than changes in the number of cells in the brain.

These changes may be linked to atrophy and volume loss in the brain's grey matter, according to the researchers.

As the sound gets louder, more neurons fire simultaneously, which in turn allows the brain to detect the change in volume.

Distinct brain volume changes correlating with clinical stage, disease progression rate, mutation size, and age at onset prediction as early biomarkers of brain atrophy in Huntington's disease

A longitudinal study of brain volume changes in normal aging using serial registered magnetic resonance imaging

In addition to increases in the volume of the hippocampus, a part of the brain that can shrink in Alzheimer's patients, the study authors noted other biological changes, including improvements in CRP, a marker of inflammation, as well as glucose metabolism and insulin levelIn addition to increases in the volume of the hippocampus, a part of the brain that can shrink in Alzheimer's patients, the study authors noted other biological changes, including improvements in CRP, a marker of inflammation, as well as glucose metabolism and insulin levelin the volume of the hippocampus, a part of the brain that can shrink in Alzheimer's patients, the study authors noted other biological changes, including improvements in CRP, a marker of inflammation, as well as glucose metabolism and insulin levelin Alzheimer's patients, the study authors noted other biological changes, including improvements in CRP, a marker of inflammation, as well as glucose metabolism and insulin levelin CRP, a marker of inflammation, as well as glucose metabolism and insulin levels.

«Directional changes in the brain without local volume changes could be a novel biomarker for neurological disease,» co-author Jeongchul Kim, PhD, said in a press release.

Researchers used a new MRI technique to measure both volume and shape changes in specific areas of the brain, which are both important indicators for tracking the development of dementia.

It's so sensitive that it picks up the minute changes in the oxygenation and volume of blood that take place in our brains whenever we think or exercise.

The brain then shuts off production of LH (luteinizing hormone), the hormone that tells the testicles to produce testosterone, and the testicles may then experience a change in testicular firmness or volume as a result.

Major depression has been shown in imaging studies to produce changes in neural activity or volume in areas of the brain which regulate aggressive and other behaviors.

Atypical cortisol production in young children can result in measurable changes in brain structure and decreased brain volume.

[9] There is evidence to support the claim that stress causes brain changes, such as reductions in hippocampal volume.9 Research has also indicated that recurrent episodes of MDD might cause reductions in hippocampal volume.